Voice of the Fugitive (Sandwich and Windsor, ON1851), January 15, 1852, p. 1

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_---- § 5 3 es "HENRY BIBB, EDITOR, AND PROPRIETOR. VOICE OF THE FUGITIVE . : IS PUBLISHED ; Every other Wednesday at Sandwich, Canada Westnac : TERMS. ONE DOLLAR per annum, always in ad- ayance.. No subscription will be received or a less term than six months. Advertiséments, not exceeding ten lines, in_ serted four times for one dollar. Every 'subsequent insertion twenty-tive cents, Hist of Agents. Canada Wests Amherstburg, D. Hotch- kiss and Levi, Poster. Sandwich, Israel Campbell. , pa : Chatham: James HB, Grant. Dawn Mills: George Cary, Toronto: J.T. Tisher. Michigan =: J, F, Dolbeare, Raison ; Fran- cis King, Flint; Dr. Barnes, " Owasso ; Chester Gurney, Centreville; B. P. Foster, Genesee. ° . Illinois: Mix. Hastman, Chicago; Rey. Mr. Miller, Aurora; Dr. L. Hale, Dundee. | Massachusetts: Ro! BP. Walcut, 21 Corn- hill, Boston; Mrs. W. Blakemore, Boston ; J, Moree, No. 5 Water-street ; Henry Rich- ards, "I'all River ; Rey,,, Wm. Brewster, Lowell ; Rufus Elmer, Springfield ; Rey. 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To H.'Birs, ' Dear Priend,--The United States Circuit 'Court have just decided that the Christiana Prisoners, who haye been so brutally incar- cerated for more than three months, under the charge of high treason, simply because a taste of liberty prompted them to resist-- even to the taxing of tho life of an old slaveholder, rather than to submit to be ferociously dragged back into hopeless, bon- dage,--cannot be held for treason! Hence the lying and ferocious sayagery of Kline, (Com. Ingraham's Deputy Marshall) the murderous outrage andsystematic disrespect for human life, exhibited by Maryland and her sympathizers, in consequence of the sad yisitation which had befallen one of her sons by the agency of a piece of his property, while inthe act of trying to recover it, looks at present very much as if they are to meet with a sh il defeat, and a fair exposure of their A purposes. The case was brought before Judge Kane, last Wednesday, when it was settled con- clusively that it was impossible for the pro- secution to make outa case of treason. Con- sequently all the prisoners were delivered up to the authority. of Pennsylvania, tobe tried in Lencaster County: for riot and mur- der, 'where tho occurrence took place." But if the state authority fails to convict then, as'in all probability it will, they are againito bo brought back to this city, to undergo another trial by the United States for mis- demeu ot. All the white men,--Hanway, Lewis,. and Scarlett,--are out of prison, but only on bail. The injustice and wrong which all the prisoners have been made to suffer, must appear obvious to all candid and thinking men. But a slayeholder was killed !.a crime in the estimation of a pro-slavery judgment, of the most overwhelming magnitude, and only can be atoned for, in their view, by the hanging of many blacks. But as to the final result to the prisoners, their friends here are unanimously agreed, that they will all be cleared when therr time 4, of trial comes, which will be some time next mouth. Upwards of 20 of the colored pri- soners can produce the most undoubted testimony that they were not on the ground when the occurrence took place--some of them being several miles off at the timo. But what matters all that ; the slave cateher anda half score of other infuriated kidnap- pers, who resided in the neighborhood of the occurrence, have used any amount of foul swearing in order to convict the prisoners, knowing very well that if they are to, moot, while on an errand of kidnapping, with such a reception as Gorsuch did, the pay for such business will be too small to: warrant them in hazarding' their miserable lives. One thing is certain, Klino knows, when on a slave hunt, which way to steer towards a safe retreat. At first glanco af this wholesale outrage, J one is filled with abhorrence utterly inde- scribable, seeing how every loyer of humanity | --whether white or black--is exposed to the most lawless abuses, and cruel persecutions, by the slave power. Ono of the most detestable features in the trial was the refusal of the court to pay the witnesses for tle defence--a pieco of in- justice said to bé without precedent, and doubtless attributable to Judge Kane's mali- cious disposition to add as much trouble and expense to the poor outraged prisoners and their friends, as possible. What else could have induced the Judge to have decided thus ? The Jury who sat on the trial had, unanimously and willingly exonerated Han- way from all censure, end were willing to do anything in their power to restore Mr. I. to his original character. But further re- mark on the subject is useless. Iremarked above that all, the prisoners were delivered up to be tried by the State authority. Samuel Williams should have been excepted, as he is to be tried here for misdemeanor, in the U. 8. Cireuit Court. I shall further inform you as the cases pro- gress. The Pa. Anti-Slayory Fair, which took place in this, city last week, and also an Anti-Slavery Convention, both of which were much increased in interest by the presence of Hon. J. R. Giddings and Joshua Hutchin- son, are among the most interesting occur- rences which the friends of the slave have had to cheer them in this quarter for some time past. "It was Mr, Gidding's first lec- turing visit to this city, consequently, many friends. who haye, for a long time, read of his manly stand in Congross, were very de- sirous to pay homage to his merit. Hence full houses, composed of sound philanthropy and ripe, anti-slavery yiews, were the result of his visit. It is useless to say that he was received with the most cordial respect and universal admiration. We found him to be just the man whom we anticipated from reading many of his bold anti-slavery ad- dresses, both in Congress and out of it. Our' city is all on fire with the prospect of Kossuth's arrival and parade, which is to come of to-merrow. As inclement as the weather is, our city will, doubtless, present an aspect hitherto unknown. It is astonish- ing to see the powerful influonce exerted over the public mind by the fugitive Kossuth. The cause of our bondmen and fugitives, we trust, will be, in some degree, benefited by his visit to this country, elthough he has avowed his intention no to iuterfere with our domestic affairs. But more about these mat- ters in my next. Yours truly, W.C Meeting in Detroit. The following Report, which came too late for insertion in our last number, we present to our-readers this week. Mr, Eprtor,--The following is in sub- stance. the proceedings of a mecting, held by those Ladies of Detroit who lately gaye the Levee: for the benefit of the Christiana sufferers. Pursuant to previous notice, tho ladies convened at the house of Mrs. Worthern. Mrs. Worthern in the chair. On motion, it was Resolyed that the pro- ceeds of the Levee, (amounting to thirty dol- lars) accompanied by the following letter, should without further delay, be forwarded, by Express, to the special Vigilant Committee in Philadelphia. GENTLEMEN,--It is with the deepest emo- tions of pleasure that we, the undersigned, avail ourselves of the present opportunity of answering your appeal so justly made in behalf of our noble-hearted liberty-defending patriots of Christiana. Approving, as we do, of that most noble and'manly stand taken by them in the de- fence of their lives, their liberties, and the peace; and happiness of their families, We feel ourselves (females as we arc) specially called upon to answer that portion of your appeal which relates to their suffering fami- SANDWICH, C. W., JANUARY 15, 1859. lies. We accordingly united our efforts in getting up a Donation Party, the proceeds of which (thirty dollars $30) we now send you by Express; upon its roception please send us an acknowledgement of the same with all other particulars that you may have relative to the case. Please also to present our best wishos with our sympathies to our oppressed brethren and their familios. ; Yours for Liberty, &e. Mrs. Harrier Wortiern, Harrier Win.iAMs. Aanes WALLACE. Mary Jounson. Huiapern Kier, Junia LAMBERT. % " " "? " To Mr. John P. Burr. J. J. Gould Bias. Wm. D. Forten » N. W. Durfeo. Detroit, Dec. 29, 1851. Special V. Com. Philadelphia Pa, » " Colored Men Awake to Your Interest. Tho following interosting letter is from the Christian Herald. We hope that our colored friends in the States will give it a careful perusal, The writer has got hold of the right end of the story. There never will be a time when the colored people who are oppressed in the states, can purehase for themselves homes in America on more reasonable terms than they can now in Canada. We beg leave in the sight of the nume- rous opposers to call the attention of our people to an interesting fact in regard to purchasing lands in Canada West, And in attempting this effort to arouse the dormant powers of our men, we are sensible of our incapability of setting the subject forth with that perspicuity which it should be, or yet to remoye the prejudice that have been incul- cated by the powerful appeals to our passion made by the greatest men of color that we have, "against the colored freemen leaving the land of their birth to seek protection under a foreign government." But let the persons advancing these ideas be considered ever so great, or be so in their own estimations, their theories are inconsistent. with all common sense; and in our humble opinion, inimical to the interest of the people. Suppose we hearken to the counsel of those who advise us to remain here and con- tent ourselves with a hope of better times, and should not be forttunate enough to out- live the present distress. What will become of our children in this country or Canada either? A fact that is worthy of our con- sideration we might here refer to, and it is from a source that may be relied on. We recollect of haying read an article in the "Boston Pilot," last summer, signed by a, Catholic Priest, urging it upon the "Insh emigrants to settle im the Province of Ca- nada, as being more advantageous to them than in any part of the United States." Referring them to the soil and climate, he remarked " that the soil was fertile, and the climate mild, and land cheap, and they would escape the difficulties of a thickly settled country, which they might expect by locat- ing in the large cities and towns of the U.S. And from what we can understand, there has been, in a great measure, a compliance with that instruction; thousands of Irish are finding their way, and purchasing and set- tling the wild land in Canada. Andshould our people dream a few years longer, they will be just as much unprepared to buy land in Canada as they are now to buy farms in Pennsylvania or New York State. 'Those who study their own interest will secure a couple of hundred acres of land now, and not be governed by what they hope, but what they see; for any man can see enough to cause him not to do as many of our fathers did. Had they went to work in early days, when land was cheap, and spent their money for it, we, their children, should not haye been where we now are. And what pre- vented them from so doing, but a false idea of hearing of a better situation? and times get better? until all they had in hand was spent, and then it was too late. And with all the sad experience of our progenitors, we |: are pursuing the same course, and exposing our children to all the miseries that we have to endure, yea, a thousand times more, How easy might each industrious man at this time purchase fifty acres of land, at the price it now can be had jn Canada; and if we can live on fifteen feet in the city of New York, and thirty square feet in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, with a large family, what will prevent us flourishing ona considerable farm in the pure and free air of that salu- brious clime, where every man is a Man as soon as he breathes it? Were the thousands of our people pen- ned up. in basements and garrets of large and crowded cities, only to save all they pos- sibly could, through one or two year's effort, they could raise one hundred dollars; then | pay half on the fifty acres of land, for that would be fifty dollars, and they could put up a cabin as large as some of the rooms they now live in, and it would not cost them ten dollars in cash; now, what is to hinder them from living? Our wives and children are looking up to us, and as husbands and fathers we must go out, and possess tho soil. G. Slave Trade. | We have always maintained that the Slave trade was the bane of Africa, and the curse of every land where it has been intro- duced. 'With the entire extinction of this odious traffic the material progress of. that hitherto benighted country will commence. We have a double motive in its' extinétion,-- one of philanthrophy, as men and as chris- tians, and a less elevated but still a very solid interest as 'a maritime people. The ex- ertions of Lord Palmerston to sweep the slave-trade from the ocean have always elicit- ed oursympathy ; and it is ourthorough de- testation 'of man stealing, per se, which, has reconciled us to the terrible consequences of the African squadron, with the annual des- truction of valuable lives in a pestiferous climate with which it is accompanied, to say nothing of the enormous pecuniary loss in- volved init. But our long and painful struggles are about to terminate, for the kid- napping of the black as a commercial specu- lation is fast drawing to a close. The vigil- ance of our nayal force on the Western coast of Africa, and in those waters where a ready market has been hitherto found for slaves has rendered the trafiic so hazardous that it is now being given up in disgust. With its discontinuance our imports from the coast of Africa would increase, "and, as commerce is the pioneer of civilisation, we may possibly live to see our exertions reward- ed even in the utilitarian sense of solid pud- ding. In the single article of palm oil alone, the inerease is very remarkable. Last year we imported 16,829 tons of palm oil, while, up to the present date of 1851, the import amounts to 23,400 tons, an increase in 12 months of no less than 6,571 tons. This practical result is quite in conformity with the views of Lord Palmerston propounded in Parliament before the close of the last session, and it pretty clearly proves that when the perception of the African chiefs is fully awake to their own interest, they will find that. le- gitimate traffic with the civilised nations of the world will yield them higher gains in the end than they can obtain by selling the blood and bones of the poor creatures who owe them fealty, to the pirates and ruffians who haunt, like vampires, the coast of west- ern Africa.-- Liverpool Times. Tne Stayz Trape--H. M. Sloop Fly- ing Fish has arrived at Plymouth from the coast of Africa. 'The slave trade is, so to speak, abolished. The last prize' taken by the Flying Fish was in July, and since then only one vessel, an empty felucea, has been captured ; she was captured by the Samp- son. Vessels having the appearance of slavers are boarded, but though they were furnished with ring bolts and other equip- ments required for the purpose of slaying, but their papers are correct, and it is evident they are not engaged in the hateful traffic ; indeed the merchants on the coast, who were formerly so occupied, have now abandoned the trade. The Admiralty are lengthening the commissions of the ships on the stations, apparently with the intention of bringing: the affair to a completion. The Flying Fish has been upwards of two years in commis- sion, has taken ten prizes, and released 800 slaves. : ; Marnracu.--l never knew a marriage ex- pressly for money that did not proye un- happy. Yet managing mothers and heart- less daughters, are continually playing the same unlucky game. I believe men marry more frquently for love than women be- cause women think they will not have a bet- ter chance, and dread being dependent. Such marriages no doubt sometimes, prove com- fortable, but a greater number would' have been far happier single. If I may judge by my observations of such matters, miirrying for home makes that home a very tiresome one.--{ Mrs Child. Emanorparion 1x Trnyusser.--A bill is before the Tennessee Jegislature, which re- quires the owner of a slave, who desires to emancipate him, to first place at the disposal of the circuit court a fund sufficient to trans- port the slave to Africa and support him six months after he reaches that country; and upon this being'done by the owner, or by any negro now free, the judge is to notify the governor, who will immediately send him to some seaport to be transported.-- Western Press. ft The man who first introduced a fanning mill into Scotland was denounced as an Atheist. In the opinion of the old fogies of that generation it was "flying into the face of the Laird," and getting up gales of wind when Providence willed a calm. § France. ht The clection for President took throughout France on the 20th and 2 Of course the result is not yet k I votes on the army andnavy are p and show a large majority in favor: leon. In Paris the elections passed great tranquillity, and the Government h received telegraphic despatches, announcing that the people were yoting with tho great- est eagerness for the new eonstitution to be granted by tho President as shadowed forth already, and will be substantially as follows: A council of State, named by the President; a Senate of 80 members, to be named by. tle' President, and 39 by the Councils General, ,, from a list of candidates mado out by the President. " The Legislative Chamber of 750, each , commune naming amember for universaly suffrage; the number of the electors will be - 36,000; they are to name 500 representa- tiyes; from this list tho President will select 250, who are to form the Chamber; tho! President to be elected for 10 years, with. ' the title of Regent,of the Republic; he shall be responsible, unless the communal electors shall three times consecutively retum a body of reports, out of whom the President " shall not bo'anabled to select a Chamber in his favor, when if they refuse the budget, he is to retire; to be fres, but not to call in question the Press, Religion, the Right of Property or social organization. The various isolated movements in the provinces haye all been suppressed, at loast such is the Profect's report, and such is m probably tho case. It appears to be ve generally belicved that the Government would be réjoiced at every fresh act' of in- cendiarism, and would make the most, of it, asitis only by the ery of impending anarchy thatit can obtain the toleration of tho mid--- dle classes; several statements have appeared | accompanied by collateral proof, that ther fighting on the 4th of December was nearly 7s accomplished, by the police. The Govern- mént were alarmed by the clamors of tho population, and the universal. ery of viva la: Republique? and felt that without an emute) to terrify the citizens and excite the. soldiery, success would be doubtful. Eyery day brings additional proofs that a large majority of thoso killed were 'inoffensive businéss. men, or their wives and children! 'Lhe loss is, much larger than was first supposed; at. the same time, while active resistance has- been crushed in the Provinces, there ate. signs that nothing but a most severe repras-.. sion is considered sufficient to, secure the safety of the existing usurpation. The, Paris Correspondent of the London Times, announces that soon after the coup d'etat of the 2nd' Decembor, the English Minister' presented a note to Louis Napoleon, of an energetic character, demanding to knew if he intended to completely abandon the lib--- eral and constitutional policy which, had pro- viously formed the bond of allianee-between' the -two Governments; the reply was) not: deemed satisfactory, and a non-official letter was subsequently sent, a reply to which wag, also unsatisfactory, but stated that a porson should be sent to confer with Lord Palmors- ton. The party, however, doclined permis- sion, on the ground of being unable to af- ford the British Government the assurance desired. Tho Times also states that the ro-election of Louis Napoleon with the des~ potie powers is almost equaly unsatisfactory inasmuch as Austria and Russia,. although pleasedwith the steptaken by the french dic- tator,and willing to support him,can.only look on his port at merely a provisional' charactor and Louis Napoleon merely as the the 'stop gap till legitimacy is restored... Lhe corres- pondent in Paris of the Daily News, affirms that the French Government was: about to , contract a loan ef 200,000,000 franes, 'or about $40,000,000. Tt is also. the intention to abolish the octroi duties, and the tax; on wines, and in order to supply the cnormous deficit that will result on 'the- adoption' of these measures, it was determined to levy a heavy tax on the rich classes. j Napoleon's majority in the departments is very much Jarger than in Paris. It ig now thought that the ultimate . majority will be about two-thirds. It is now report- ed that' a censorship will be established on * books of less than from three to four shéets, as the suppression ofa daily press causes © opinions to take refuge in' pamphlets, this is what occurred at the restoration, when a censorship was established for the same reason, Vivien, Vice President.of the late * Council of State, has drawn up a mem- orial against the Coup de Btat\" written with great vigor, andsoundly argued. 'The Constitutionel says, we aré informed -- that the Pope has written to his' Nuncio 'in Paris, in which he expresses his éntire ap- probation of the act of Louis Napoleon, which has saved society and religion, ; Nu- merous arrests, principally, among the ultra Republicans, continue to be madg, in Paris amongst others, M. Miot, one of the re- presentatives, is, to be brought to' court martial. The Moniteur publishes a decree granting a eréedit of 658,000 franes towards the expense of the convict establishment, to 'be formed at Cayenne and ro & By the latest accounts, returns have been received from nearly all the Departments, by which, it appears that. Napoleon has been elected to the Presidency for the term of 10 years, by a majority of nearly six millions. 4 Haynau and Radetzky are both reported to be lying dangerously ill, i 5 te

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